Our outside classroom!

How are you today? 

Summer vacation is so close that I can almost taste!

We only have about 2 1/2 days left and then we have to tell her kiddos by for the summer.  It is a double edged sword, because as tired as I am and I want to have a break for the summer, I'm going to miss group of kiddos like crazy.

So what do you do when the weather turned so pretty outside and you just need to get out the classroom? You take the classroom outside of course.  

We decided it was time to practice a little math….But we took the math outside! My teammates and I decided to let the kids practice simple addition using chalk on our playground. Ended and of course the kids thought they were in heaven! They really enjoyed being able to get outside do a little work and soak up some sun all of the same time. 

Take a look at some of our kindergartners practicing their addition. They did great!  

Field Trip Day!!

Today was a field trip day!  

It's days like this that I'm convinced we teachers should be paid extra---something like an incentive pay! ha ha ha.... No one knows stress like a teacher who is trying to keep up with 23 five and six year olds!!  It's seriously like trying to heard cats--I'm not kidding---try it sometime! 

We went to our local zoo. But it's more than a zoo-- it's a very interactive animal park.  It's probably only 1/10 the size of our local zoo in town, but it focuses on real interaction between animals and the guests. In fact, each student was given a token which allows them to buy food at different exhibits to feed the animals.

And yes, as you can imagine, the kids loved it!  It was a huge perk for the kids and it was a great selling point for our school when deciding where to go for our school-wide trip. 

Do you remember tie-dyed shirts my kids made a few weeks back? Well today was the day they got to wear them and boy were they all super cute. It was so easy to find all of my kids at any given time. I just looked up and counted the purple shirts. It made life so easy for me.

Take a look at some of the pictures I snapped throughout the day!

We had a great time but of course, the bus ride was rather quiet on the way home!
The kids were exhausted and I'm predicting they will all sleep well tonight!!

My new fun creations!

I have exciting news!! 

Since my husband is finally home, I've finally gotten to play on the iPad again (he took it with him while he was he was deployed)! 

Well, I've gotten kinda creative and started making some fonts over the past couple of days!! I'm so excited and eager to keep playing with the program! It's really amazing how you can make letters look so different! 

I had some friends help me figure out how to save them, download them and now I'm ready to go! I will start selling them on TpT!! And yes, if you are anything like me and slightly obsessed with fonts, you'll want to keep your eyes out for my newest creations!  And of course, there will be free fonts too.

So, that brings me to my next point. I have free font for you today! :)

This is my first free font: fun times!

Click here to grab it for free! :)

While you're there be sure to check out my other fonts too!

This font is called 'tiny toes'!

Click here to grab it!

 And this font was made by my husband and his mainly handwriting! lol... 

So I felt it appropriate to call it 'my man'!

Click here to grab it!

I hope you enjoy the freebie!! 

And if you aren't already, be sure to follow me on TpT!! 

You'll be able to see all of my fun and funky fonts that I created.

American Soil Never Tasted So Sweet!

Hi blogging friends!  

I know it's been a while since I've written but my life has completely changed him within the past few days.  

 

I usually don't talk about my personal life too much but this is one experience I have to share with you.  And fair warning--this has NOTHING to do with school!

If you've been keeping up with my blog over the past months you know that my husband is Air Force and has been deployed. Well, the day finally came and he arrived back home to American soil! Yes my hubby came home… Finally! Our family was just not the same without him. It's so nice to have him home now. Needless to say, we've had tons of family time over the past few days, hence, my blogging absence!    

I had a very elaborate plan for when he arrived. Everything from me meeting him at the airport, to him surprising our son at his daycare, to him surprising my daughter after school. It all went off without a hitch--- it all worked out so perfectly.

The surprises that he gave to my son and daughter were absolutely priceless! Yes, if you're wondering it did look EXACTLY like all the YouTube videos you see of the soldiers homecomings.  Just watching the videos, and even thinking about them, brings tears to my eyes. Our son was so shocked that he stood completely still for a few seconds trying to figure out if it was really his dad that he was seeing.  My daughter is a kindergartner at my school. I worked out an elaborate plan with many of my colleagues that I work with, to surprise her right after school got out for the day.  All of my colleagues were watching as my daughter came down one hallway, and my husband entered from the other end. Once she realized it really was her daddy she was seeing, she just ran to him with open arms as fast as her legs would move her. She plowed into him as she finally reached him and she began sobbing with tears and held onto him for dear life!  She was so shocked and surprised that she was actually speechless. 

Here are a few pictures that were snapped from our wonderful day:

Me finally getting to hold him once again!

Us, together again!!

My son happy to see daddy again!

Our complete family!

Daddy and his babies!!

 

I would like to take a minute to thank all military members and their families! Too often we forget about those who are still supporting our country and their families who are supporting them! Whether you are in the military or you are keeping the lights burning at home for your spouse who is away, please know that we support everything you are doing and the sacrifices you are making!!

Happy May and a Freebie!!

It's finally May...WoooHooo!!!!
 

This is going to be a great month! So many great things are happening---my husband is COMING HOME from his deployment, the end of school is almost here, I get to do final testing of my kiddos and see how much progress they've made, we get to do all of the fun end-of-the-year activities at school, I get to clean and de-clutter and I get to go on vacation!  Aghhh, so much goodness all in one month--I love it!!

 

Well, let's celebrate with a little freebie!

This is a little freebie is from my Camping Unit, "S'more Camping Fun" math edition. 

I hope you enjoy!

Click here to get this freebie now!

You can check out the whole camping unit by clicking here!

 

And here is the newest currently from Farley!

It's all pretty self explanatory!

I can't wait for the summer--- It's so close I can taste it!! :)

 

Happy May Day!

 

New Math Boxes!

Whew....I'm exhausted!

Is the end of the year wearing on anyone else?

I feel like there are so many things to teach, so many things to review, so many skills to test over, so many meetings to squeeze in and just so, so much more!!! I know I will get everything done by the end of school but dang, this teacher/mom/wife here is plum wore out!

 

If you've been following me for a while you already know that my hubby is currently deployed.  But the good news is that it's ALMOST OVER!! Yes, that requires all caps because this girl is so flippin' excited!  He's been gone since the day after Christmas (and if you're wondering, no, Christmas was not enjoyable knowing what was coming soon!) but soon this LONG deployment will be O.V.E.R! Thank goodness! I need my hubby and my kiddos need their daddy! 

I'll keep you updated with his 'coming home' progress!  

 

Anyhow, sorry, back to school stuff!

I wanted to showcase a few of the things my class has been working on in their math boxes!

I switched them out a few days ago. My kids always love getting new activities to practice!

Here they are!

 One of my besties made this cute doggie themed match up!

Click here to get it!

 Breakfast anyone?  Yummy!!!

Click here to grab this activity!

 Springtime is calling!

Click here to snatch up this goodie.

 Students can create their own addition and subtraction problems!

Click here to get this now.

 Rabbits, chicks and egg oh my! Addition galore with these cuties.

Click here to grab it!

 A little greater than/ less than practice! Yes please!!

Click here for this activity.

Greg has some unicorn addition.

Click here to get it now!

 

I hope you can use some of these goodies!

Be sure to also leave TpT feedback to rack up those credits!!



Five for Friday!!

It's Friday! Yippie!!

Another week is in the books.  I don't know about you but it felt like it flew by!

 

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to bring you 5 for Friday!

First things first, this happened this week--- yes, that's my "baby" and he's eating pizza--all by himself--like a big boy! Ummm, when did this happen???  My baby isn't such a baby anymore! It's kind of sad but also kind of nice how independent he is becoming lately!

 This also happened this week---do you see a small amount of white stuff on our grass?  Yeah, that would be snow!  Granted, it was only a trace but still---who has snow 7 days before may?  I mean really.....is Winter over yet?  I'm ready for Spring and Summer!

I also finished my newest creation this week!! It has 5 different activities all pertaining to addition.  My kids needs tons of practice and I thought this would be perfect for them! Turtles are my favorite animal and when I saw this cutie I couldn't resist using it for the cover!!

Click here to check it out!

This week my kiddos made cube's during our study of 3D shapes!! They got to decorate them any way they wanted and they loved it!

Click here to check out my post on our 3D shape study.

Have you ever seen the game scoot?  My friend introduced me to it and it's so cute and easy and great way to review or assess!  Here are a few I've made:

Next week I'll be blogging about my class doing theses.  Basically, you have 26 cards and you place them around your room in some sort of order.  Students take their recording sheet with them and they stand at a card.  They write the answer to the card on the coordinating square on their sheet.  When time is up (usually 30 seconds to a minute) the teacher says "scoot" and the students move over one spot to the next card.  Repeat this process until all cards have been answered!  It's a great activity to review a topic with your class or to do a quick assessment.  It also gets the kids up and moving and that's always a great thing!! 

 Click here to check them out in my TpT store!

 

Enjoy you weekend! Hopefully you have nice spring-like weather!!